Gibson Nitrous Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

Gibson USA’s Studio line has proved a popular platform for high-performance Les Pauls with no-nonsense esthetics and player’s-grade features ever since it first hit the scene back in 1983. Now the new Nitrous Les Paul Studio combines some of the hottest looks ever with impressive sonic versatility that is firmly rooted in that fat, rich Les Paul tone.

While maintaining the appealing “stripped down” ethos at the heart of the Les Paul Studio, the Nitrous adds a truly stunning new range of muscle car colors to a totally reconfigured weight-relief technique that genuinely enhances resonance and sustain while creating an appealingly light guitar, and tops the package off with versatile push-pull coil-tapping for two of Gibson’s most popular humbucking pickups. Ice the cake with Gibson USA’s legendary craftsmanship and superb playability, and you’ve got one of the most impressive bang-for-the-buck electric guitars available today.

The Nitrous Les Paul Studio begins with the tonewood building blocks of a carved maple top and genuine mahogany body, two of the ingredients that have helped to make the Les Paul a legendary tone machine since 1952. To optimize resonance and sustain while producing the most comfortable playing experience possible, Gibson USA routes the mahogany body in a modern “webbed” weight relief pattern, the same used on the 2012 Les Paul Standard, for a lighter guitar that still sings like a vintage Les Paul, while maintaining excellent resistance to feedback.

A glued-in mahogany neck is carved to the popular slim, fast early ’60s profile that measures .800” at the 1st fret and .875” at the 12th. Its unbound fingerboard is made from a single piece of rich, brown Granadillo, a prized Central American hardwood that offers the desirable sonic and visual characteristics of rosewood. This gorgeous wood provides a durable and sultry feeling bed for the 22 medium-jumbo frets, while maintaining a traditional look and playing experience. A delicate shade on the perimeter of each color enhances the curves and gives a slight burst to all of the colors.

Power, presence, and sonic versatility are ensured by loading the Nitrous Les Paul Studio Nitrous with a pair of Gibson USA's most popular humbucking pickups from the "Modern Classics" series, with four-conductor wiring for independent coil splitting of each via their push-pull volume knobs. The 490R humbucker in the neck position is wound to vintage PAF specs and made with an Alnico II magnet for smooth, rich, creamy tones. The 498T in the bridge is wound hotter and made with an Alnico V magnet for greater punch and presence, giving you everything from meaty crunch tones to wailing leads.

Pop up the coil-splitting for either or both pickups to access authentic frequency tuned single-coil tones, which still retain excellent hum rejection in the middle switch position thanks to the reverse-wound/reverse-polarity neck pickup. Add Gibson's legendary Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece pairing for excellent sustain and precise intonation adjustment, and it's one of the best performance packages available for the money today.

Each guitar comes protected in a black Gibson hardshell case with a full owner's manual and adjustment literature.

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• Body
  Top: Maple
  Back: Mahogany
  Body Type: Modern Weight Relief
  Adhesive: Franklin Titebond
  Neck
  Species: Mahogany
  Profile: Slim 60's
  Joint Angle: 5° (+/- 15 seconds)
  Truss Rod: Traditional Adjustable
  Adhesive: Franklin Titebond
  Neck Fit
  Joint: Mortise & Tenon
  Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
  Joint Angle Tolerance: +/- .005"
  Fingerboard
  Species: Granadillo
  Frets: 22
  Scale Length: 24.75"
  Nut/E.O.B: 1.695 / 2.260
  Inlays: Figured Acrylic Trapezoid
  Nut
  Material: Corian
  Width: 1.695
  Slots: Gibson PLEK System
  Headstock
  Logo: Gold Gibson Logo with Scripted "Les Paul Model" Silkscreen
  Truss Rod Cover: Black and White Antique Bell with "Studio" Engraved
  Tuners
  Model: Grover™ Tuners
  Plating: Chrome
  Tuning Ratio: 14.01
  Bridge
  Type: Tune-o-matic
  Material: Zamak
  Plating: Chrome
  Tailpiece
  Type: Stop Bar
  Material: Zamak
  Plating: Chrome
  Hardware
  Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
  Pickup Mounting Rings: Black Plastic
  Control Plate Cover: Black Plastic
  Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
  Strap Buttons: Aluminum
  Pickups
  Neck Position: 490R (Alnico II)
  Bridge Position: 498T (Alnico V)
  Coil Wiring: Machine Wound
  Electronics
  Potentiometers: 2 Push/Pull Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
  Type: 500k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
  Toggle Switch: Three-way Toggle with Black Plastic Tip
  Output Jack: 1/4" Mono
  Finish
  Sealer: Ntrocellulose Lacquer
  Process: 1-1.5 mils
  Case
  Type: Les Paul Hardshell